Amendment to the lists of threatened species , threatened ecological communities and key threatening processes under sections 178, 181 and 183 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (196) (24/11/2016) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Amendment to the lists of threatened species, threatened ecological communities and key threatening processes under sections 178, 181 and 183 of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (196)

I, JOSH FRYDENBERG, Minister for the Environment and Energy under section 184(1)(a)(c) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), amend the list referred to in section 178 of that Act by:

including in the list in the Critically Endangered category:

Euastacus bindal

Hibbertia spanantha

Sphaerolobium acanthos

Wollumbinia georgesi

including in the list in the Endangered category:

Adclarkia cameroni

Adclarkia dulacca

Bossiaea peninsularis

Olearia arckaringensis

Solanum sulphureum

Trisyntopa scatophaga

transferring in the list from the Vulnerable to the Endangered category:

Arctocephalus tropicalis

Fregata andrewsi

Petrogale lateralis lateralis

Pseudomys shortridgei

transferring in the list from the Endangered to the Vulnerable category:

Hipposideros semoni

Phascogale calura

Rhinolophus robertsi

Sminthopsis douglasi

transferring in the list from the Critically Endangered to the Vulnerable category:

Saccolaimus saccolaimus nudicluniatus

.........................Josh Frydenberg..........................................................

Minister for the Environment and Energy

Dated …………24/11/16..........………………….…………. 20…………